Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, military documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian participation
in World War I, the Russian Civil War, the Don Cossacks, and Russian émigré affairs.

Turned over by the British Army to Soviet authorities, along with thousands of Cossacks at Lienz, Austria

1947 January 16

Executed, Moscow (?), USSR

Scope and Content of Collection

These papers reflect the literary activities of General Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov, Don Cossack Ataman, writer and historian.
Most of his writings in emigration focus on the events leading up to the Russian revolution, as well as on the revolution
and its aftermath themselves. Krasnov also focused on the history of the Don Cossacks. His writings have been published in
translation in English, German and other languages. This collection consists of detailed correspondence mainly related to
his writings and personal matters, and also reviews of his published works. The Speeches and Writings file consists mainly
of correspondence related to and reviews of his writings.

The Subject File consists of various materials on the Don Cossacks, including minutes of meetings, reports, official documents
and publications, dating from 1917 to 1944.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity
Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register.
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into six series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Don Cossack File, Printed
Matter, and Photographs

Biographical/Historical note

Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov was born into a Cossack military family: his father was a lieutenant-general, his grandfather, a
general. Krasnov graduated from the Pavlovskoe voennoe uchilishche in 1888. He began his literary career early, authoring
a log of his travels in the Far East in 1903. In 1910, Krasnov served as colonel and commanding officer of the First Siberian
Cossack regiment. By 1914, Krasnov had risen to the rank of major general of the First Don division. Fleeing to the Don region
to escape the Russian revolution, Krasnov was elected ataman of the Don Cossacks in 1918, after which he ousted the Soviets
from the Don region and headed up the Don Cossack uprising. After suffering the ensuing defeat, Krasnov immigrated to Germany,
retired from military life, and devoted himself to his literary career. Petr Nikolaevich Krasnov

During his retirement, General Krasnov published numerous books, many of which were translated into German, English, and other
languages. He came out of his military retirement in 1943 to organize and lead Cossack units in the German Army. After Germany’s
defeat, General Krasnov was turned over to the Soviet authorities by the British Army. He was hung in Moscow in 1947.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cossacks.

Russia--Emigration and immigration.

Russia. Armiia--Officers.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

World War, 1914-1918--Russia.

Box/Folder: 1

Biographical File,1884-1969 and undated.

Scope and Contents note

Articles, clippings, family file. Arranged alphabetically by physical form